Bourbon County

Littleberry Bedford, Surveyor; P. O. Paris; is the grandson of Littleberry Bedford, the pioneer and hunter of Bourbon County. The parents of our subject were Littleberry and Cicely (Rollins) Bedford. Littleberry was born on the Patsey Clay farm July, 30, 1798; his wife Cicely, Jan’y 30 the same year (1798.) The father of our subject after his marriage, settled on the land now owned by the Buckner heirs, near Cane Ridge. He remained here several years, and finally located on a portion of the old homestead, where he remained until his death, Jan. 23,1880; his Wife died in 1843. Upon …

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John C. Brent, banker, P. O. Paris; born Feb. 5, 1836; son of Charles S. Brent, who was born in this place, Jan. 28, 1811. The mother of John C., was Matilda Chambers, daughter of Gov. John Chambers. The grandfather of John C., was Hugh Brent, a native of Prena, Williams Co., Virginia; he was born Jan. 18, 1773. In 1799, he married Elizabeth Langhorne, who was born 1782, in Lynchburg, a daughter of Maurice Langhorne. Hugh Brent came to Kentucky in the fall of 1789, with his brother-in-law, Capt. Thomas Young, locating in Lexington, until 1792, when he became …

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